Food Value Guide
The cheapest food in the NPC shops, which foods give the most hunger per MPC, the one-item full bowls, and what a day of feeding really costs.
Feeding pets is the one bill every player pays, so it is worth knowing which foods are cheap and which are good value. They are not always the same food. This guide covers the 268 hunger foods the NPC shops can stock.
Where to find it
- The food shops: Grocery Store, Food Emporium, Corner Store, Sweet Tooth Bakery and The Overflow
- Every food's current price and stock: the Item Catalog or Findley
How food prices work
- NPC prices are fixed. A food costs the same in every NPC shop that sells it, and the price does not change between restocks. The tables below use those prices.
- Stock is not fixed. Each shop restocks every hour from its own pool of items, weighted 80% towards commons (see Shops). A food in these tables can be sold out right now; check back after the next hourly restock.
- Player shops set their own prices. They can be cheaper or dearer than the NPC price. An NPC shop page tells you when a player sells the same item for less.
- Hunger stops at 100. Anything past a full bowl is wasted, so a big meal is only good value on a hungry pet.
The cheapest foods
The lowest prices in the NPC shops. These are cheap, but most of them barely touch the hunger bar. Many are Kitchen ingredients that also fill a pet a little.
| Food | Rarity | Hunger | Price | Hunger per 100 MPC | Sold at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sack of Flour | Common | 8 | 80 MPC | 10.0 | Corner Store, Food Emporium, Grocery Store, The Overflow |
| Cane Sugar | Common | 6 | 85 MPC | 7.1 | Grocery Store, The Overflow |
| Miro Egg | Common | 12 | 90 MPC | 13.3 | Grocery Store, The Overflow |
| Garden Carrot | Common | 8 | 90 MPC | 8.9 | Grocery Store |
| Butter Stick | Common | 10 | 95 MPC | 10.5 | Grocery Store |
| Blueberries | Common | 18 | 100 MPC | 18.0 | Grocery Store |
| Banana | Common | 10 | 100 MPC | 10.0 | Corner Store, Food Emporium, Grocery Store, The Overflow |
| Chocomunch | Common | 10 | 100 MPC | 10.0 | Corner Store, Grocery Store, Sweet Tooth Bakery |
The cheapest food is the Sack of Flour at 80 MPC, for 8 hunger.
Most hunger for your coins
Sorted by hunger per 100 MPC, the fairest way to compare a snack with a feast. Commons are what the shops stock most, so start here. The best common ratio is 20 hunger per 100 MPC, and 29 commons share it; these are the cheapest ten of them:
| Food | Rarity | Hunger | Price | Hunger per 100 MPC | Sold at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fizzy Fruit Fizz | Common | 28 | 140 MPC | 20.0 | Grocery Store |
| Peanuts | Common | 28 | 140 MPC | 20.0 | Corner Store, Grocery Store |
| Crispy Carrot Crunch | Common | 29 | 145 MPC | 20.0 | Grocery Store |
| Tide's Salted Kelp Crisps | Common | 30 | 150 MPC | 20.0 | Food Emporium, Grocery Store |
| Hardtack Biscuit | Common | 36 | 180 MPC | 20.0 | Corner Store, Grocery Store |
| Moonbeam Macaroon | Common | 36 | 180 MPC | 20.0 | Sweet Tooth Bakery |
| Salsachip | Common | 36 | 180 MPC | 20.0 | Grocery Store |
| Yummypouch | Common | 36 | 180 MPC | 20.0 | Grocery Store |
| Rainbowtart | Common | 38 | 190 MPC | 20.0 | Food Emporium, Sweet Tooth Bakery, The Overflow |
| Fizzberry Float | Common | 39 | 195 MPC | 20.0 | Sweet Tooth Bakery |
Rare and epic foods have a slightly better ratio, but they come into stock far less often:
| Food | Rarity | Hunger | Price | Hunger per 100 MPC | Sold at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppered Plum Galette | Rare | 56 | 250 MPC | 22.4 | RARE Finds |
| Stardust Pancakes | Rare | 57 | 255 MPC | 22.4 | RARE Finds |
| Blueberry Stardust Waffle | Rare | 50 | 225 MPC | 22.2 | RARE Finds |
| Passionfruit Pudding Pop | Rare | 50 | 225 MPC | 22.2 | RARE Finds |
| Sparkles Cereal | Rare | 60 | 270 MPC | 22.2 | Corner Store, Grocery Store, Odds & Ends Outlet, RARE Finds, The Overflow |
| Mochi Moondrops | Rare | 51 | 230 MPC | 22.2 | RARE Finds |
Only hunger counts here. Plenty of foods also restore happiness or health, and each item card lists everything it does.
A full bowl in one item
These are the cheapest foods that take a starving pet all the way to 100 in one go:
| Food | Rarity | Hunger | Price | Hunger per 100 MPC | Sold at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle | Rare | 100 | 560 MPC | 17.9 | Grocery Store, RARE Finds |
| Golden Garden Wellington | Epic | 100 | 1,250 MPC | 8.0 | EPIC Only, Food Emporium, Sweet Tooth Bakery |
Two or three good-value commons usually fill a pet for less. The Recommended card on the pet page picks the combination with the least waste for you.
What a day of feeding costs
Hunger drops 2 points an hour, which is 48 a day per pet. At the best common ratio (Fizzy Fruit Fizz, 28 hunger for 140 MPC) that is roughly 240 MPC per pet per day. VIP members' pets and pets with a bed in your MiroHome lose hunger more slowly, so they cost less.
Ways to pay less
- Favorite food. Every pet has a secret favorite food, always a common that costs 50-500 MPC. When you feed it, the hunger it restores is doubled, which doubles its value for that pet.
- The Pantry. Claim a free item from the Pantry every hour.
- Care for All on the Pets page uses common food before rare food, so it never spends a feast where a snack would do (see Feeding and Caring for Pets).
